The federal government has threatened to call for the removal of all feral horses from alpine regions rather than preserving 3000 brumbies on heritage grounds.
A report was released in November 2021 which was supposed to draw a line under the boozy culture on the hill. Some MPs are dragging their heels.
Perin Davey,who was caught on camera slurring her words at Senate estimates last week,is a key member of the group tasked with writing federal parliament’s tough new alcohol and drugs policy.
Lobbyists and industry groups have ramped up their payments to the major political parties,extending their influence.
Perin Davey says she didn’t think she was drunk after stumbling in her speech during a parliamentary hearing,days after Barnaby Joyce was filmed lying on a Canberra footpath.
Nationals senator Perin Davey's appearance at estimates has caused controversy.
Barnaby Joyce’s recent behaviour has reignited debate about federal parliament’s workplace standards and culture.
A political fight is brewing over new rules to punish badly behaved MPs,more than two years after the then-Morrison government agreed to create a federal watchdog to police politicians’ behaviour.
When images of Barnaby Joyce lying on a footpath late at night,seemingly incapacitated,went viral,it triggered a series of political explosions.
The Nationals MP has not yet decided whether to take leave,as critics within his own party rebuke him and allies urge him to hang on.
Footage of our former deputy prime minister lying on his back mumbling profanities will be replayed worldwide for years as shorthand for Australian politicians.